Tag: entrepreneurial growth

“It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from their followers.” – Bennis and Nanus Entrepreneurship, the often talked about abyss of opportunity, freedom and hardcore hustle, is not only expressed by creating something of value and earning revenue from it, but by how you behave as a leader during […]

This post is based on a recent #WAKEUP! Call podcast of mine. (Subscribe on iTunes.) As a kid, there’s not a lot more embarrassing than taking a line drive to the face as it skips off the edge of the glove. I was about nine years old. There I was, standing in the baseball field […]

To me, the secret to being fulfilled is to feel good about what I do. I don’t know how to feel good about what I do, unless I can truly say, “I did my best.” What is Self Respect? Today I will share with you what is probably one of my biggest secrets. If I […]

Last night I turned the heat way down in my house for some reason only to wake up to a frigid cold house this morning. Luckily the dogs kept me warm. Near icicles hanging from my nose, survival mode kicked in as I raced to layer up, turn on the coffee, and bring some heat […]

Through which avenue will I make choices today: love or fear? There are a lot of talking heads in the online marketing industry. They go about selling whatever they’re selling in many different ways. Those ways can change with the times, but there are certain success principles that have been in place from the beginning […]

Friends, A recent article in the Globe and Mail titled Keep calm and think on: How the ancients can save today’s world, inspired today’s #WAKEUP podcast (see audio player below). I highly recommend you read the full piece but here’s the opening paragraph and a few excerpts to give you the gist of it… In an endlessly […]

Above all, she was very clear that nothing would mean anything if I didn’t live a life of use to others,” said Jolie. “And I didn’t know what that meant for a long time. It was only when I began to travel and look and live beyond my home that I understood my responsibility to […]

Want to increase your productivity and effectiveness? Instead of getting swept into the current “busy-ness” and getting stuck in reactive mode, successful entrepreneurs are strategic with how they structure their day. They realize that success is a result of learning certain disciplines and controlling as many variables as possible. Implement these strategies into your “Daily Method of Operation” (DMO) and […]

You make your own momentum… We’ve entered the month of October; the final quarter of 2013. In terms of goals and accomplishments, I have daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly goals to go along with the bigger yearly goals. For me, quarterly goals are among my favorites to set because you can get a lot done in […]

Why is it that, as employees or business owners, regardless of how much technology is increasing, productivity and efficiency are decreasing? Everyone of us has a finite amount of time (exactly 24 hours a day) and a certain amount of time and energy to expend in order to get things done. As an individual or small […]

We all know what the Golden Rule is, right? “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” This rule was a big part of the foundation of my moral conditioning as a kid. The thing about the Golden Rule is that it calls on you to be the bigger person… to turn the other […]

Entrepreneurs pride themselves on being problem solvers. We identify a problem or a need and we pair it with a solution. Bada-bing! Problem solved and income earned- it’s what we do! Sometimes it seems everything that could ever be invented and patented has already been thought of, right? So what opportunity is left for the […]